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A MULTI-FACETED TRANSPARENT RUBY-RED GOURD- For a similar burgundy-red glass bottle of very similar form, see
SHAPED BOTTLE Michael C. Hughes, The Blair Bequest, Chinese Snuff Bottles from
Attributed to the Imperial Palace Workshops, Beijing, 1730-1800 the Princeton University Art Museum, Baltimore, 2002, p. 114, no.
The main faces of the lower gourd with twelve facets, centered by four 127; and another sold at Sotheby's New York, 2 December 1985, The
diamond-shaped facets and surrounded by eight facets of varying Collection of Dr. Paula Hallett, lot 34.
shape bordering the facets on the narrow sides, the upper gourd with
seven facets of varying shape bordered by the facets on the narrow For a transparent red glass bottle of similar type, though with a slightly
side, all below a slightly tapering cylindrical neck with wide mouth more elongated upper gourd, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka
opening, all supported on a flat hexagonal base. Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George
2 9/16in (6.4cm) high, stopper Bloch Collection, Vol. 5, Part 2, Hong Kong, 2002, pp. 292-293, no.
799, where the authors note that it seems likely that multi-facetted
$3,000 - 5,000 glass forms were introduced in the Kangxi period and flourished during
the eighteenth century (noticeably during the early Qianlong period) to
1730-1800 寶石紅料刻棱鼻煙壺一件 such an extent that certain shapes become imperial standards, then to
或爲御製， 北京 be repeated occasionally throughout the rest of the dynasty.

Provenance:
Robert Hall, October 1989
Barbara and Marvin Dicker Collection
Bonhams New York, Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of
Barbara and Marvin Dicker, 16 March 2015, lot 1060

來源:
Robert Hall, 倫敦
芭芭拉及馬文·迪克伉儷珍藏
邦瀚斯，紐約，芭芭拉及馬文·迪克伉儷中國鼻煙壺珍藏，2015年3月
16日，拍品號1060

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